Le 06/05/2016 11:16, Phil Elwell a écrit : >> In the wild where? >> >> IMO, too bad. That's the danger of deploying prototype code. Perhaps a >> tool to convert them would be better. Prototype code or no code, which one solve actual problems? > At Raspberry Pi we've been making good use of overlays for over a year now. > They have been an invaluable tool, allowing us to reduce the need for > downstream code while retaining and extending the flexibility our users > need. Without the circulating patches I would have pressed ahead with a > homegrown equivalent, which would have made switching to overlays much more > painful. > > I hope to see Pantelis's overlay configfs code in a kernel release soon, > but until then we'll continue to apply the patches downstream. +1 Same situation for for Atmel Xplained boards. I remember having identified DT overlays as the solution to my out-of-tree nightmare nearly 2 years ago... Hang in there Pantelis, I admire your determination! Bye, -- Nicolas Ferre -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
